White Cloud 11012 -2

"A hauntingly beautiful blend of contemporary and acoustic instruments weaving through evocative female voices"

White Cloud

Visions and Voices

Philip Riley's first album for White Cloud, Celtic Visions and Voices, is a stunning collection featuring eleven tracks of haunting Celtic themes. The album's individual compositions work together like a soundtrack to the listener's own imagination: written, arranged, and performed by Philip Riley and featuring the beautiful vocal talents of Jayne Elleson.

Warm floating multi-layered virtuoso vocals on tracks like Hearts on the Rowan and Prayer to a Fledgeling Moon contrast with the infectious rhythms of Scatterbone Runes and title track Visions and Voices.

Perhaps Philip Riley sums up the overall theme best.
From the liner notes, "When I began developing the musical concepts for Visions and Voices, an almost intangible quality began to evolve, with Jayne Elleson's voice becoming an evocative feminine presence. The honesty of emotion that she so willingly imparted is a reflection of her generosity of spirit."

Other featured solo performers include:
*Kieren Newel (Irish whistles)
*Bernard Wells (woodwinds)
*Mick McKenna (bodhran)
*Sue Alexander (cello)
*Matthew Lark (Latin text and voice)

1.	The Romany Child
2.	Prayer to a Fledgeling Moon
3.	Awakening	wma
4.	The Last Blossom on the Tree
5.	The Quickening
6.	The Blackthorne Madonna
7.	Hearts on the Rowan
8.	Terre Verte, the Colour of Rain
9.	Scatterbone Runes	wma
10.	The Belle Garde Chevalier
11.	Visions and Voices	wma